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The 4 Steps for Critical Thinking: A Process for Any Problem

Do you apply critical thinking to problems that come your way? Could you use a step-by-step process? In Critical Thinking, Logic & Problem Solving, Bigrocks Thinking explains how you can enhance your critical thinking and problem-solving abilities to improve your learning, your work, and your personal life. They share four steps for critical thinking that you can apply to any situation. Continue reading to learn about these four critical thinking steps.

Breaking Bad Habits: 2 Strategies for Success

Why is it so hard to break bad habits? How can you break the tendency to engage in habitual behaviors that sabotage your success? Bad habits tend to be the behaviors that make us feel good in the short term. Because we seek instant gratification over long-term results, bad habits often seem more appealing than many good habits that require us to put in more work. Here are two strategies for breaking bad habits and forming beneficial habits in their stead.

How to Be Less Sensitive and Live Stress-Free

Do you overreact to criticism or uncomfortable situations? How can you be less sensitive? Sensitivity can show that you’re in touch with your emotions, which is a good thing. On the other hand, being overly sensitive can prevent you from engaging in meaningful social interactions. Get out of your own way and learn how to be less sensitive with our methods.

How to Overcome Regrets in Life: The 5 Steps to Freedom

Are there decisions you regret? How can you harness regret to your advantage? According to Daniel Pink, regret has the power to benefit our lives, but only if we know how to use it. In his book The Power of Regret, Pink provides strategies for processing and growing from regret as well as anticipating future regrets so you can make better decisions. Learn how to overcome regrets in life by turning them to your advantage.

5 Common Self-Sabotaging Behaviors to Avoid

Do you constantly self-sabotage by engaging in behaviors that take you further away from your goals? How can you stop doing what you know is hindering your progress? Self-sabotage is engaging in behaviors that prevent you from achieving your goals. While the way you sabotage is unique to your personality and life circumstances, the patterns of self-sabotaging behaviors are not that different from person to person. Keep reading to learn about some of the most common self-sabotaging behaviors and how to stop doing them.

Where Do Emotions Come From?

Do you sometimes feel emotions you cannot explain? Where do emotions come from? Emotions sometimes get the better of us, but we can learn to tame them and respond to emotional situations more rationally and effectively. To do that, we have to first understand what gives rise to our emotions. Keep reading to learn where our emotional responses come from and how to deal with unexpected emotions.

The 8 Best Books on Narcissism You Need to Check Out

Do you have to deal with narcissists in your life? What are the best books on narcissism to fight entitlement? Self-love is an admirable trait to have, but sometimes people take it too far. Excessive self-love can lead to narcissism, which means someone admires themselves too much and usually lacks empathy for others. To learn how to deal with selfish people, here are the eight best books on narcissism.

The Things You Regret Most in Life & Why You Have Them

What are the things you regret most in life? Does everyone have the same regrets? While everyone has regrets unique to their life, they tend fall into the same categories. According to Daniel Pink, the author of The Power of Regret, people tend to regret things done and things not done. Here’s a look at the most common regrets people have in life.

How to Control Negative Emotions: 3 Ways to Take Charge

Do you ever stop to analyze what you’re feeling? What’s a simple way to win small victories throughout the day? Author Damon Zahariades says that learning how to control negative emotions grants you mental strength and allows you to make better decisions in life. In The Mental Toughness Handbook, he offers three ways to regulate your feelings and control negative emotions. Read on to learn how to control (or prevent) negative emotions by practicing Zahariades’s three strategies.

How to Use Mental Programming to Change Your Thoughts

Is your mental programming set in stone? How can you overwrite unhelpful and self-sabotaging mental programs you’ve internalized throughout the course of your life? You don’t have to accept your default mental processes as your unchanging reality. According to Ryan A. Bush, the author of Designing the Mind, the mind works like a computer, which means that you can overwrite the mental programs that don’t serve you. Here’s how you can reshape your mind by treating your thought processes like computer algorithms that can be edited.